Thirds to james



(No Model.)

G. M. FISKE.

0mm. I No. 373,555. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

IINrra STATES ATENT emcee GEORGE M. FISKE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- 4 THIRDS TO JAMES C. KENYON AND WILLIAM D. PHELPS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,555, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed April 'I, 1887. Serial No. 233,996.

To aZ-Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. FISKE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massa- 5 chusetts. have invented a new and useful 1111- proved Chair, ofwhich the following is a spccifioation.

My improvements relate to folding reversible chairs, having for their object a back and seat adapted to be combined directly with the ground without the interposition of legs, and so as'to form at will an upright or reclining chair; and my invention consists in the combination and construction, as hereinafter de [5 scribed, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention is fully illustrated in the drawings, in which* Figure I is a perspective view of my chair in position ready for use, and Fig. II a longitudinal section of the same folded for transportation.

A B are frames, formed ofsides ab of a round, O, common to both, and forming a hinge, and

rounds D E uniting the free ends of sides a b.

Fis a web of flexible material-such as cotton duck-secured to the rounds D E, to extend from one to the other, and wide enough to form r the round 0, forming their hinge, to stretch.

the web F between the rounds D E, and the brace G, fast to one side a at one end, has the other end booked in the side I) to lock the framesABand web F in position. \Vhen used with its shorter frame, A, as the seat-surface, as

in the plane indicated by the dotted line 00 x,

the web F, under the weight of the person, assumes approximately the position indicated by the dotted line m, the web resting directly upon the ground to form the seat, and affording a high back. hen used with its longer frame, B, as a base, and in the plane indicated by the dotted line y y, the angle of the web to the ground is varied, as indicated by the dottedline 0, to form a reclining-chair, upon which 5c the person may assume a recumbent attitude.

(No modeL) When folded for transportation, the brace G being unhooked at one end from the side I), the frames A B are swung upon their hinge O to come together, as shown in Fig. II, and the slack of the web is tucked under the round E, to be out of the way and to hold the device folded.

Although the chair herein shown can be used to advantage upon a rock or upon the turf, it is more especially intended for use upon the beach, where the soft sand makes a comfortable cushion under the web for a seat.

Heretofore a back-rest, with braces extending from uprights back into the sand, has been used, but in such it is necessary to sit directly upon the sand, which is liable to injure the clothing and is frequently damp.

In order to adapt the chair better to retain a position in sand, the ends of the framesAB are extended a short distance beyond their hinge at O, by means of which the end of one frame is always in position to sink into the sand to prevent the chair from creeping. I also combine with frame A a pillow, H, which is heldin position by being inclosed near to round D by a fold of the web F. Said pillow is not in the way when the shorter frame, A, is used as the seat, and when the chair is used as a reclining one the pillow adds to the comfort of the occupant.

Though the brace hinged to one frame could be hooked into a staple or eye upon the other to operate to hold the two together, as described, I prefer to tie the free end of the brace to the frame I), so that the brace can never be flying loose upon one hinge, and so that when the frames A B are distended the brace will of-itself fall into an operative position, and this I do as follows: A slot, a, is out through the side b, as shown, to admit one end of brace G, bent at right angles to its major length. This bent end, where extending through the slot and beyond, is bent again to come against the side of frame I), as seen at 20 Fig. II. The brace is thus free to travel in the 5 slot a during any movement of framesA B, upon their hinge while held by the end a to the frame-side b. When the frames A B are swung to stretch the web the required amount, the end of brace G comes opposite and enters ICO 4 Fig. II.

a socket, 9, cut from one wall of slot to in the side I). Whenthe frames A B are swung to bring the brace end out of the socket, said end bears against the farther wall of the socket, to travel in the socket to the position seen in In Fig. I the brace G of one side of the frames A Bis shown, and in Fig. II the brace of the other side of said frames.

Now, having described my invention,what I claim is v 1. As a new article of manufacture, the within-described legless chair, consisting of two frames, A B, hinged together at one end by a round, 0, and provided with rounds D E at their free ends, a brace, G, hingedto one frame and adapted to hook into the other, for the purpose set forth, and a flexible web, F, having its ends secured to the rounds D E, to extend between them, to thereby form, as shown, a seat to rest directly upon the ground, and a back-support prolonged therefrom.

2. The within-described reversible legless chair, consisting of two frames, AB, of unequal length, hinged at one end, one within the other, by a round, 0, and having rounds D E for their free ends, a brace, G, adapted to hold the two frames in a distended position, and a flexible web, F, secured to the rounds D E and stretched between them, all combined and operating, as set forth, to form an upright chair when having the shorter frame, A, for its base, and a reclining one when resting on the longer frame, B.

3. The combination and arrangement, substantially as sh own, in folding chairs, of frames A B, web F, brace G, hinged to side a, and

having one end bent to extend through slot u in the other side, I), and slot u, with socket g therein, operating to seat one end of the brace when holding the frames A B distended, and holding the brace to the side I), while permitting it to slide therein in the act of folding the frames.

4. The combination, with frames AB,joined at one end and held at an angle apart, and with a web, F, extended from and between the outer ends of said frames, of a pillow, H, held to the end of one frame and to the web, and in closed in a fold of theweb, as and for the purpose set forth.

' GEORGE M. lTISKE.

Witnesses:

R. F. HYDE, J. C. KENYON. 

